Falconry, the art of hunting game with trained birds of prey, is a big deal in the Middle East. While falconry itself is an ancient practice in the desert and a means of survival, doing so from within ...

Just after dawn, Monte Markley gears up on his farm near Augusta, in southern Kansas. He pulls on a special hunting vest and camouflage cap. "This is a bull-riding glove," Markley says, tugging on a ...

Aengus is a 3-year-old male Harris’s hawk that weighs about 1½ pounds and stands 20 inches tall, with a tip-to-tip wingspan ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — With blood on her beak and her prize between her talons, Glory looked up, pleased with herself. The search for the rabbit had been going on for about 10 minutes, but the hunt ...

Richard Shores doesn’t like to walk away from the birds, glossy and alert, perched on his front lawn. Lagertha, a Harris hawk with a strong grip, keeps an eye on Shores’ dog, Bella. Bruno, a ...

Holly Lamar, a master falconer and owner of a Nashville "bird experience" business, has a story to tell about each one of her 13 captive-bred birds of prey. The story behind Faith, her 7-year-old ...

More than a kilometer into the clouds above the Arabian desert, a falcon soars. Just a tiny speck on the ground below, the falconer whips his leather lure through the air. On command, the raptor dives ...

Intrepid climbers Dave Anderson, Chris Martin and producer Ross Boyd. As we celebrate 25 years of Something Wild, we hope you'll enjoy looking back at some of our favorite episodes. We're digging into ...